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Two distinct shocks OF earthquake with vfbrs-
tons from north TO south Were felt at Spoksno
Fails, w. T., yesterday morning,
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No PROFIT FOR Mr.. ELKNs-Mr. Stephen r FL
statement that he has pr01ted financially by the
recent United States Supreme Court decision in
what is known as the Maxwell Immigrant case
MINERS WANT AN INcRRAsE.-The executive board
at Wilkesbarre, Pa, Will demand an increase OF
ten per cent In miners wages this week. should
the demand be refused a joint meeting to consider
the ACCESSIBILITY OF a strike will be held
THEY SHOULD FENCE IN THE RroTERs.-A spirit
or lawlesSnesS has broken out in Princess Ann
County, va, between those in favor OF and those
opposed 10 the fence Law. Several weeks ago the
citizens at public meeting decided In favor OF no
fences Despite this q citizen by the name OF
Ives, who took down his fences was beset at night
by gang OF HUMANS and his house fired into with
buckshot to the danger OF himself and family.
The nngleaders have been arrested
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IRIsHNEN IN AMERICA 10 PRorEsT.-The execu-
tive committee OF the Home Rule Club Will hold a
monster demonstration In New York should the
coercion bill become law. All the Irish societies
in that city have accepted Invitations 10 partci.
pate. The object OF the meeting Is 10 protest
against the enforcement OF the provisions Of the
law. Every branch OF the Irish National League
Endorses the proposition.
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GEO. W. STICKNEY, Auctioneer, 936 street.
THOMAs BOWLING, Auctioneer.

DESIRABLE IMPROVED LOT ON NORTHWEST
CORNER OF CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL
AND MARKET STREET, GEORGETOWN, d. c.,
AT AUCTION
On MONDAY, SECOND MAY, 1887. at FIVE
O'CLOCK Z. NJ, in front of the premises, will fg:i
sell part Of Lot 81 in Old Georgetown, fronting I
% feet on the west side of Market street by depth OF
"a feet on G. and o. Canal, improved by small frame
houses, now under rent
Terms cash deposit of 800 will be required at
time OF sale. Recording and conveyancng at cost of
purchaser. W. RILEY DEEBLE
Real Estate Broker, 1919 F ST. NV.
ap26d&ds THOS. BOWLING, Auctoneer.
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CITY AND DISTRICT.
In the Churches Yesterday.
SERMONS BY VARIOUS PAsTORs-oTHER RELIGIOUS
EVENTS.

SEkAONS BY VARIOUS PASTORS-OTHER RELIGIOUS
EVENTS.
yesterday closed the third year of the rector
ship OF Rev. DR.. Giesy, of the Epiphany church
parish, and at the close Of the church service he
mace statement of the condition OF the parish.
The membership now numbers 1864 and during
Inc past year the total offerings amounted to $4
Oo1 SO. The sermon was delivered by Canon Will
Derforce, OF England who is visitor in this city.
HIS theme was the place and power of resistance
In the Christian life.
The President and Mrs. Cleveland occupied their
pew at the First Presbyterian church yesterday
morning, and listened to q discourse By Rev. DR..
sunderland, who spoke of the cooperation OF the
Dlvlne with the human in the affairs OF life. Rev.
VI. newman, at the Metropolitan M. < churcn,
preached TO large audience last evening on
"WOmanS Mission" At the Unitarian Church
~ Key Or hSnPpen spoke o. 5a th eD
Ing OF art galleries ndmuseumS and having open
alr concerts The ninth anniversary Of the pastor
ate OF Kew. w. E. Parsons at the Church OF the
Reformation yesterday was observed by sermon
by the pastor, in which he recOunted the success
which had crowned their efforts. The delegates
Is In session In this city, occupied NUMBER Q!
the pulpits yesterday. Bishop Shorter preached
a. asnnry CHURCH Rev. NJ w Trayers p., At
church, Rev. w. R. Arnold at Mt. .Pisgah cnurch,
and Rev. S. c. Cassell at Mt. Sinai church.
was nea &c na al Home
and Help Mission, under the auspices OF the w. c.
7. Union. Judge Macarthur presided, and ad-
uuISoco WcIt maQe Oy MIS-. WIZ buTIeSs MIS- u.
HlD0ard, OF New York; DR.. j. Taber Johnson Kew.
Dr. Price, MIR. H. B. Moulton and Senator Blair. A
contribution or $50 was made for the mission.
The month OF May was observed yesterday az
ternOon at st. Dominic's church by special SER
vices in honor of the Virgin Mary. procession
OF $50 girls, dressed in white, marched about the
church.
The Zion A. n. E. Mission church, on P street,
between 26th and 9th streets, was dedicated yes
terday afternoon by Bishop Wayman.
AT the Bethany Industrial school, a mission OF
the New York Avenue Presbyterian church, yes
terday, closing exercises were held. Ex-Gov. Wells
presented banners to the children, and Rev. DR..
Bartlett made an address.
The fifty-ninth anniversary Of the washington
City Bible Society was held last evening at the
New York Avenue Presbyterian church, The ad-
dress was delivered by Rev. DIR. Bartlett.
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AUCTION SALES.

DUNCANsoN BROS, AuetiOneers
TUESDAY MORNING,
MAY THIRD,
AT TEN O'CLOCK,
AT OUR SALESROOMS,
9th and D Streets Northwest,
REGULAR SALE OF
HOUSEHOLD FUR NyTu CARPETS, MAT
Also
SEVERAL T FINE e C 9GTE coUPEs. Day
nUNcANsON BROS. Auctioneers
DAaK RAz sa a6b DRTEe s %s K5s E0
TWELVE O'clock we vii ss in M front II our Sales
GOns ytn ana sts NV, the above fine animal to
One Fine Black Mare, very fast.
PUBLIC SALE OF F oEE rA n3R S6Sse MULES,
At Magrath h Kennellys Livery Stable
211 18th ST. NV
On THURSDAY, at TEN O'CLOCK A. M.
this sale this stock is young and sound brought d
rect from the country, and will be sold.
f All STOCK guaranteed as represented or money re-
Sales EVERY THURSDAY; ~ ~, ,.,
Stock sold on reasonable commissions: - ''
FNHOMAs BOWLING, Auctioneer
FIVE dS coop WORK HORSES TWO MULES WAC,
COLT THoRoHG if'S' B RoE IS PROMPT
BBEEdSER N NH HA E9Ek IN Any HARNESS. TOP
1885 81 It
southeast, shall sell the above stock. my2-3t
WALTER B. WILLIAMS CO., Auctoneers.
BRILLIANT A6T ATTRACTIVE !1T,RF;AscT AND VALUABLE
+ro,, .,o NJ, MODERN WH on, PAINTINGS
ST 5
superb assemblage of works of arts viii be sold at
WEDNESDAY. THURSDAY, FRIDAY EVENINGS,
Commencing at E1eM NAY o & & EVERY EVENING
at our Gallery: cor. Penna; avenue and D SITS.
Now on free exhibition.
@Ssasss in the
PUBL1c AUCTION SALES
REAL ESTATE.
AT BOARD OF BROKERS' ROOMS,
HOG Street N. W.
On THURSDAY, MAY FIFTH, 1887, at ONE
O'CLOCK P. NJ, the following properties will be Of
fered,
BY THos. E. VAGGAMAN:
:. No 112 street northeast frame 6 rooms and
In rear frame rooms, being sub lot 2, square ia
No street northwest, frame, rooms, being sub
lot 49, square 615
Nos. 1O8 and ITO Boundary street northwest,
br1cks, rooms each being sub lot "a, square 551.
Terms at time of sale.
my2-3t 'THos. f. WAGGAMAN. Auct.
DUNcANsoN BROS, Auctionera. MN
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GONE OFF WIrH HER FoR

A FEARFUL DOUBLE TRAGEDY.-When Jennie os-
wad, eleven years OF age came from her bedroom
ing, she found her father sitting in a chair with
his throat cut, and on a lounge near him her
younger sister, Bessie, cold In death. oswald has
been living since Christmas with his wife, TO whom
he has not spoken word. IL is supposed that
financial and domestic troubles made MIN insane,
and that he murdered his daughter and then sui.
cided.
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nCNCANSON BROS, Auctioneers
TEoMAs BOWLING, Auctioneer.
VALUABLE PROPERTY ON THE HEIGHTS OF
GEORGETOWN, ID. c., AT PUBLIC SALE, BEING
TUE LANYARD NOW OCCUPIED BY W. K

", ID. G., SALE, BEING
TUE TAN-YAI.D NOW OCCUPIED BY W. X.
TURNER.
BY virtue of a deed of trust. dated first day of -
February, 1882, and duly recorded in Liber 997 -
folio 1 OF the land records of the District of Iii
Columbia, and at the request of the party secured
thereby; also recorded in Liber 99S, folio 81
we VIII offer at public sale ON TUESDAY, THIRD
DAY OF MAY, 1887. at the hour of FIVE O'CLOCK
r N All those lots pieces or parcels Of ground
Georgetown. District of Columbia, being parts of
lots numbered fOrty-twO and two hundred and nifty
6eginnI5 At point on the east side of High street
line south. twenty-three degrees east from bound
stone marked No. g. thence north twenty-thr de-
west fifty feet and eight inches the afore
SAID sione thence north half degree west 40 and half
feet thence north thlrtyJwO ana half degrees
one hundred and sixty and 4 half feet thence
with right angle to High street north hftysev de-
rees east hundred and forty -four feet the back
line ri the Banks lot passing tn of the northwest
corner OF the Bark Mill forty feet; thence with the
back line of the Banks lot sOuthwardly until line
drawn right angles High street from the place of
beginning VIII inJersect the same thence with the
aforementioned lire reversed to the place OF beginning
with all the building and improvements upon the
same including steam-eng1ne.
Terms. One-thlrd cash. balance in and two
years the purchaser giving his notes. bearing interest
from day OF sale. all cash, at the option of the pur
chaser All at the cost of the purchaser
deposit OF 500 required
K. JACKSON. lr-rs.aos
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THREE CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH-Sharp
Smith, OF SpartaEburg, 5. g., and his grown-up
sons while working In the Held, left three chill
dren In the house. BY some means the building
caught fire aud the children were burned 10 death.
Two years ago the mother was killed ia a lorna
do which blew the house down, and the children
ever since have had a large box filled with CLOTH
ing fn which they hid during storms IL Is thought
that one OF the children caught on nre and ran
into this box, thus igniting the building.
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From the New York Star.
cardinal Gibbons is not taking DR.. McGlynn's
part at Rome. On the contrary he is doing all In
his power to uphold the authority OF Archbishop
Corrigan." This was statement maintained by
Editor Egan, OF the Freemdn's Journal, yesterday,
and Endorsed by Mayor John ID. Kelley whose
hospitality Cardinal Gibbons invariably enjoys
when he visits this part OF the country.
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THOMAS BOWLING, Auctioneer.
CATALOGUE SALE.

CATALOGUE SALE,
ELEGANT AND ARTISTIC PARLOR AND CHAM
Der FURNITURE, ARMS AND ARMOR, RARE
ENGRAVINGS, BRIO .A-BRAC AND DECORA-
TIVE ARTICLES. BEING THE CONTENTS OF
PRIVATE RESIDENCE REMOVED TO MY
ROOMS FOR CONVENIENCE OF SALE
Embracing in part
One Hallet Davis Upright Piano, Cover and Stool:
Artistic Furniture in separate pieces elegantly up
holstered in Silk Tapestry and Silk Plush: Mahog-
any and Rosewood Tables, Mahogany Cabinets and
Secretaries Mahogany and Oak Book Cases.
Leather-covered Library Chairs, Pedestals Bric-s-
Brsc Stands and rare specimens of Bric-a- Brac
Imported Portieres in Tapestry and Silk Plush
several pieces Of rare Antique Furniture, elegant
Mahogany Chamber Furniture, fine Hair Mat
tresses, Brass Bedsteads, Mahogany Extension
Dining Table. China and Glass together with other
articles of value.
On THURSDAY, MAY FIFTH, 1887, within my
auction rooms at HALF-PAST TEN O'CLOCK shall
sell the above elegant effects helongng to gentleman
made to order and is of the finest quality on exhibit
ton day prior to sale. when Catalogues win be ready
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An Exciting Affair at Frederick, Md
POLICEMAN HARDING KILLS A CoLORED MAN.
fatal shooting ARRAY occurred in Frederick,
Nd, last evening. The victim is william Joshua
Herbert, notorious colored character aged about
twenty-five years, who was shot by Marshall f.
Harding, policeman. Herbert was standing at
the corner OF West All Saints and Market streets,
behaving in a d1SOrderly manner insulting ladies,
using prOfane language freely and creating gen.
eral disturbance Onicer Harding ordered him to
desist and move along. This he refused to do and
when the officer arrested him he struggled VIC
lently and finally broke away, running up West
All Saints street. officer Harding drew an Eng
lish bulldog revolver OF large caliber and began
firing on the fleeing man. Three shots were fired,
by which time Herbert had come to a halt directly
opposite Sol Stevens Mountain City livery stables
Omcer Harding In hot pursuit. Just as Herbert
exclaimed, "GueSS won't run any mOre,' an
other shot was fired. striking him directly in the
breast, passing through the lower Lobe OF the left
lung and out through the back. Herbert fell, en-
piring in few moments. By this time the news
OF the shooting had spread among the people just
returning from church, and the excitement be-
came intense. The mans family, a mother and
several sisters, gathered about the dead man, and
their lamentations could be heard several squares
away. The inquest will be held to-day. Herbert
was an old offender, and had frequently resisted
Omcer Harding. He had only been released from
the Maryland House OF Correction a few months
ago, and had been in Frederick but a short time.
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X. JACKSON, r
ap21-d&d5 WILLIAM j. JACKSON.} Arus'ees'

TI,HOS. E wAGGAMAN, Real Estate Auctioneer
VALUABLE UNINPROVED PROPERTY ON THE
SOUTHEAST CORNER OF CONGRESS AND
GAY STREETS, WEST WASHINGTON.
On o ESDAY, MAY THIRD, at FIvE6a
O'CLOCK p. NJ snail offer tor sale in front of $f&
the premises. part OF Lot ,, Block 49, from ing
sixty feet Gay street
Terms day of sale
sp2S-d&ds THOS. E wAGGAMAN Auct
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TlHOMAs DOWLINa, Auct1oneer:

TO CLOSE AN ESTATE
HIGHLY VALUABLE IMPROVED PROPERTY NO
81 a., EI L hit STREET, BETWEEN 81 AND
n II SIHEEIS NORIHWEST, AT AUCTION.
1887 at SIX O'CLOCK. III front Of the premises -
shall sell Lot 20, in square lO5 S2 feet inchesAsE
front by an average depth of about 1875 feet i'm Ei
proved by hrs-class frame dwelling IL rooms with
gas and water being NoS14 18th northwest This
property located in section of the city where it ia
II great demand and is considered Of the best oca
tons in the city.
Terms One-t third cash. balance in six and twelve
deed of trust the property sold All conveyancinS
and recording at purchasers cost. Two hundred dol
ap30-d&ds THOMAS DOWLINCI Auctioneer
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AUCTION SALES.
THIS AFTERNOON.


WALTER B. WILLIAMS 4 CO.. Auctioneers.
TwO-sToRy BRICK DwEILING-HoUsE, FRONT.
ING on WYLIE STREET, BETWEEN II AND /,
TWELFTH AND THIRTEENTH STREETS
NORTHEAST (NO 1879. AT AUCTION.
On MONDAY. MAY SECOND, ct HALF-PAST
FIVE O'CLOCK p. NJ, shall sell, in front of 2EI
the premises Lot No 81 OF the Washington Brick I'll
Machine Company's subdivision Of all of square 1908
having fifteen feet front by fifty five feet deep to alley
improved by two-story brick dwelling, five rooms
water and gas.
Terms: One-half cash. balance in six and twelve
months Tor notes bearing interest from day Of sale
ana secured by deed of trust on property sold One
hundred dollars down on day of sale. All Conveyance
ing, &c, at cost Of purchaser.
ap2S-4t Waller b. WILLIAMS 4 Co. Aucts.
GEO. W. STICKNEY, Auctioneer, 936 F street.
PEREMPTORY SALE OF HOUSE NO. I'LL c
STREET NORTHWEST.
On FRIDAY, APRIL TWENTY-NINTH, 1887, at
FIVE O'CLOCK p. NJ will sell in front Of the prem
Uses part Of Lot square 323 begnning for the same
the east line OF alley 100 feet thence east - feet
Thence south 40 feet thence east feet thence south
80 feet 70 street, thence west along the line street
Ii feet to place of beginning.
Terms at time Of sale GEO. w. STICKNEY,
ap26-d&ds Auctioneer.
81 ON ACCOUNT OF THE RAIN, THE ABOVE
sale is postponed to MONDAY. MAY SECOND. 1887,
same hour and place. GEO. W. STICKNEi,
ap30-dNds Auctioueer.
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THE MISSISSIPPI TRAGRDy.-Capt. w. p Fowler
who shot and killed the Rev. c. F. silver rector of
the Episcopal church at Grenada Miss, is a lead
ing member OF that church The assault took
place at Capt. Fowler's house. where the rector
was boarding. Ii is rumored that impropr1eties
toward Mrs. Fowler led TO the tragedy IL is said
that she Is innocent Capt. Fowler married a
daughter OF Judge Gray In 1870. In the same year
he killed man at Cairo Ill. In 1873 he killed a
man at jackson, Miss, and at winona, Miss, In
1884, he killed man who was advancing on him
and firing at him with two pistols In every case
he has been acquitted Mica splf-uefense
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Transfer. Of Real Estate.

DEEDS In lee nave Oeen nled as f0llowS: A b
Sheckell to G. W. Casiliar, property in the slip,
West washington; 81 $50. B. Burnstine to s. J.
Mills, part 4, square 725; $1,000. d. Grady TO A.
schwartz, part 6, square 751; 81 400. F. White to
Virginia N. Wheeloek, sub 1o7, Lanier Heights;
$,610. v. NJ Wheelock to C. ID. Walcott, lot 81.
DO; $3.50. NJ. Gallagher to j. s. Robinson, sub
lot17, Widows Mite; s4s75 A. D. Addison to
Mary A. Hiring, parts liz and 113, square 155;
$1,000 Frank Cook 70 ": Q. KnOtt all right anu
John Tyran, sub lot g. square 191; 8, 600. X. E
Pa1ro to Rebecca c. Neven, lot 10, Rosemount;
s5s saw F. sWarsxe to o. Nary xSMe' j. SNOW do,
part L., square 90; s725. z. Caverly TO H. G.
Lewis, lots So to 1o7. block %, Long Meadows;
10, block 81, bingham Place; 1875 r. A. Phil
lips to John Burke, parts and 9, So. 439; s. 400
T. + Waggaman to Ann Cusick, sub G, SO. $40;
parts and 2, s P. BIS sub Mt. Pleasant; $7,57s.
Herr to C. w. Baldwin, lots 132 to 1874, So.
as !; 90. JACOB Jones to Maria StandfSr5n lot
- GIFTS Portion; So, 80. E. Carusi ct al. trus-
tees to F. Lambrecht lot %, SO. 1874; $50. Jane
5000. L Kent, trustee, to same sub 81, So ;s6l;
s.. 700. A. Burgdorf to Z. Nash ct al, pit. =, 50.
90 49, $50 o, NJ r. Barnard 70 s Z. Pearson, SUB o.
al, pit. 3D. SO. 39S; 5000. Jno. Feeney to +.
EHgenia J. cathca IT. lot S Blk T. L. broiS Park;
So 1898; s,aa.a5 same to n. G. Blanchard, (
DO; $566.l5. G. +. Graham to +. Beale, lot Ii,
blk. 20, Columbia Heights; s.. T. bowling to X.
and J. Watts, sub lot C, So. $40; s2.199.75. Mar
garet B. Miller to WI. Cole sub lot I'll, So 997;
S,47a5. r. A. Hooe ct al to Louisa c. LGflier,
lot 100, SO. 49, s., 1870. r. NJ. Morrison to {.
D. Madison, sub. IS, So. 364; s3 200. Thos. Reedy
10 Harriet Abbot, W. y, s. P. B. sub Mt. Pleas
ant; 062 40. James L. Collins to Ella P: Gwynn,
pit Flechalls Chance 90 acres; 800. ID. w.
shelton to Matte N. Patterson, pit: 3, So. 1045;
al, Burleith; 81, 562.5O. s. Mcfarland ct al. TO
Hugh Masterson. sub. 81, so. 3O2; $500 Bessie
NC Greene to J. s. Long, lot IA, SO. 1855; SOC
Z. j. Hannah to j. Mel Carusi sub. lots IL to II,
SO. 80; s. j. Mel. Carusi to j. H. MARI, same
property; s. 7. e. Waggaman to L. p. Shoe
maker, lot IL, so. SO; 800.
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He GOT HIS BEER AND DRoPPED DEAD.-A min
strel whose face showed that he was Italian,
wandered into John Don ihues saloon in Charles
town, Mass, saturday morning, bearing a harp
In broken English ne suggested exchanging some
music for a glass OF beer. The bartender pro-
duced the beer and the musician disposed OF Il.
but could keep his part OF the bargain, for he
dropped dead before he eouldtou his harp. The
body was taken 10 the morgue.
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The Tocsin, paper In Philadelphia devoted to
the interests OF labor, says editonally "The dis
favor with which nearly every act OF the present
general executive board OF the Knights Of Labor
has been received by the labor press has caused The
issuance OF an edict through The Jo1rPdioT nat a
Labor that Is truly lapehable, especially 80 when
all the facts connected with the affair are con-
Sidered- When obnoxious legislation was enacted
or known abuses were not remeded, We have uni
formly protested In the strongest manner possible
position we intend TO maintain as long as our
control OF the paper continues
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-06-09

THE BEST GOVERNMENT.

The best government is that which
governs the least. Belleville Times.
Then the government of the saw
age must be perfect. But the argu-
ment of the Times will not hold good
if history tells the truth, says the
Terrell Star. History proves that
government which did not govern
was no government. History proves
that all governments which have Ii
censed crime and turned over the
administration of justice to mobs and
rioters soon fell. Such governments
offered no better protection to life
and property than physical prowess.
In all such governments the weak
would certainly be at the mercy of
the strong. This is too much the
case even in our own cherished gov
eminent which some people say is
too much governed But if it were
not governed so much it would not
be so good, and if it were governed
more it would be better-that is, if
laws which are intended as restraints
upon the action of persons were en-
forced better, to that extelt would
the government be better. Govern
ment is nothing less than an exercise
of authority; the administration of
the laws; commanding that which is
good and prohibiting that which is
evil. This Interpretation of govern
ment can't be construed to mean
anything else than that laws are
necessary restraints upon personal
action of citizens.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-06-09
4OOR ROADS.

EDIToBs JoURNAL:-There has
been much said pro and con on the
-1oad subject and it is a question of
great Importance and indeed good
highway roads seems to bespeak a
hourishing county and are illustra-
tive of civilization.
Our commissioners and overseers
are men of high spirit, and practical
judgment and are DESTROYS of having
good roads, and to their credit dur
ing the summer and fall we have
roads which are in fine conditions,
but winter comes with its rains,
freezes and thaws and now that the
road bed by wear and use will aver
age two feet below the surface and
consequently leaves us a bed of clay
upon which it is impossible to sus-
tain roads in good condition for trav-
cling. Spring comes and court comes
after rains, freezes and thaws, and
surface of the road bed is sufficiently
worked up as to make brick and with
such a surface what could commits
sioners or overseers do to render
them more passable, upon such a
road his Honor would probably mire
down in travelling in a single buggy
and the jury would come through
mud and slough and say there is SO
much mud in the road they could
scarcely travel?
Now, what is to be done in order
to secure good road? We say: Moth
ing short of matchmaking will SCI
cure to us the end desired and thus
give good and permanent roads, for
even the recommendation to work
the roads to extent of the law (15
days. would not give good roads dur
ing the winter. 1t does net require
the most ponderous hammer nor the
most forcible stroke TO break the
rock used in macadamizing; there
fore old men, boys, the crippled and
NAMED persons can do the work of
preparing the material, and the soon
er it is begun the better for the coun-
try. COUNTRYMAN.